GeForce GTX 580 Launch Rumors and Leaked Pics
GeForce GTX 580 Launch Rumors and Leaked Pics
Posted 10/29/2010 at 8:59am
| by Paul Lilly
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News and rumor site Fudzilla is reporting that Nvidia's GeForce GTX 580 videocard is going to launch in November, probably before AMD's Cayman architecture. If true, look for the GTX 580 to show up around the middle of November.
Of course none of this is confirmed, but according to reports, Nvidia will likely target a $500 price point for its upcoming GPU, depending on how AMD's Cayman cards perform and how AMD chooses to price them.
In related news, a forum member on Chinese-language site PCInLife.com posted a couple of pics of what he claims is the reference design for Nvidia's GTX 580 part. You can check them out here.
Image Credit: PCInLife.com
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WhoIsThis
October 31, 2010 at 2:50pm
The real question is if it is a renamed part or genuinenly a major revision. Nvidia has become justifiably notorious for renaming old parts as newer ones.
If it is a major revision, I'd like to know just how much better it really performs.
Magius
October 29, 2010 at 8:41pm
That the new card will have more than just two monitor connectors. I want to upgrade but this is keeping me from going for a new card. I would purchase AMD but don't want to have to hack for Physx (shame on you Nvidia). Still I prefer Nvidia drivers...
So I am hoping the new Nvidia cards will sport three monitor connector.
TechLarry
October 29, 2010 at 10:47am
They will wait for nVidia to release the card at $500 (ridiculous), then release there new cards, which will probably outperform the nVidia, for $150 cheaper.
Go AMD :)
LatiosXT
October 29, 2010 at 2:24pm
Then NVIDIA will drop the price of the video card to whatever AMD is selling it at. NVIDIA and ATI/AMD has been doing this since they've became established rivals. Like when NVIDIA released the GTX 460 at $200, AMD dropped the price of the HD5830 from $230 to $200.
And sure, it may technically outperform the NVIDIA card, but aside from the GeForce FX line vs. Radeon R300 line, I've yet to see such a big difference in performance beyond 10%. (That or I didn't care)
Purpleheezy
October 29, 2010 at 12:07pm
Actually, nVidia is cutting in just before AMD - the GTX580 is a recent announcement, while the 69xx has been around for awhile.
The more those two fight it out, the better for us.
jlh304
October 29, 2010 at 11:40am
I don't know about outperform (maybe from a cost ratio), but I would rather pay more than deal with AMD's driver support. But got to love AMD I'm sure they help to keep nVidia honest.
k11k
October 29, 2010 at 10:22am
This is probaly what the 400 series should had been last year with everything enable.
myersguy
October 29, 2010 at 12:43pm
While I mostly agree with this, I think they have made some changes. Notice that there are no heatpipes jutting out of the card? Perhaps they have reworked their architecture to be a little les hot.
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